If you’re considering purchasing political risk insurance from a private insurance company, you’re making a good long term investment in your company. Political risk insurance is a key part of risk management strategies for infrastructure developers and companies who do a lot of business in developing areas of the world.
Purchasing this type of policy from the insurance market allows you to protect yourself from political violence, upheaval, currency issues, and most other political issues that could result in a failure to deliver payment, or even a seizure of your property and assets. Why invest in a policy? For the following three reasons – and many more!
Ensure Stable, Predictable Cash Flow For Your Company
First and foremost, political risk insurance helps protect your company’s revenue, and ensure that you have plenty of reliable, working capital, and uninterrupted cash flow. Even if your company has hundreds of customers across the world, interruption of business is commonplace in emerging markets.
If you were counting on profits from emerging markets to ensure that your business can continue to expand, you may be at risk of losing this money if you do not purchase political risk insurance. However, if you do have this insurance, you can have peace of mind – and know that you will be compensated if something unforeseen results in the loss of your assets.
Avoid A Potentially-Devastating Financial Loss
Political risk insurance is particularly important for smaller companies who work in emerging markets. If you have just a few customers, or several countries in which you sell most of your products or services, political upheaval could mean that your business ends up going bankrupt, or barely has enough money to continue operating.
If the loss of a single customer, or all of the customers in a single country would be financially devastating for your company, purchasing a political risk insurance policy should be one of your top priorities.
It may cost a bit more in the short term, but if something does go seriously wrong and you lose much of your business, you will be compensated – and be able to re-prioritize, and make sure that your company is not destroyed by an unpredictable, devastating political event.
Expand The Reach Of Your Business To Developing Countries
Emerging markets are one of the best places for exporters and infrastructure developers to work. With high populations and growing disposable income even in some of the more underdeveloped areas of the world, there are always business opportunities in these markets for those who are willing to take on a bit more risk.
And political risk insurance is an ideal way to help minimize this risk when expanding to emerging markets, particularly when coupled with a trade credit insurance policy.
Your insurance policy will help protect you from any unforeseen political events, while your trade credit policy will protect you if you if one of your customers goes bankrupt or defaults on their payments to you.
This allows you to build your company more quickly, and expand into emerging markets that your competitors may be avoiding. In turn, this leads to higher profits – and a stronger, more diversified business.
Interested In Political Risk Insurance? Contact Niche Trade Credit Today!
As experienced insurance brokers in Sydney, the team at Niche Trade Credit can help you understand political risk insurance – and find a policy that’s right for your company. If you’re interested in protecting your business and your assets while working in potentially-unstable, developing markets, please contact us right away. We’d be happy to provide you with more details, and assist you in purchasing the appropriate policy for your needs.
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